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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

4 July - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: By Andy May The only recent attempt at a global Holocene temperature reconstruction available today is the one by Marcott, et al. (2013), the paper abstract can be viewed here. His reconstruction is shown in figure 1. Figure 1 The Y axis is a reconstructed global temperature anomaly…

Today we celebrate the US Declaration of Independence. The US has been an experiment in liberal democracy. In many respects, the experiment has been successful as the average person today living in the US has more rights than enjoyed by most people throughout recorded history. Those rights, however, are at risk, especially the rights of free speech and due process. Without those basic rights, which are inscribed in the US Bill of Rights, we have no democracy and liberalism lapses into fascism, the dark "alter" of democracy. So, today I celebrate foundational rights and urge all Ame...more »

Originally posted on Science Matters: This post is about bees since they are also victims of science abuse by environmental activists, aided and abetted by the media. The full story is told by Jon Entine at Slate Do Neonics Hurt Bees? Researchers and the Media Say Yes. The Data Do Not. A new, landmark study provides…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: NO WONDER it was difficult getting out of bed this morning. If you’re desperate for days to get warmer, we have some good news. Benedict Brook@BenedictBrook From: news.com.au July 3, 20173:54pm Temperatures plummeted across Australia’s south east on the weekend. WAS it difficult getting out from under the…

Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Nicolas Loris and Katie Tubb ~ President Donald Trump has fulfilled a key campaign pledge, announcing that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. President Donald Trump officially withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement in an announcement at the White House Rose Garden.…

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? Junk scientist, Katharine Hayhoe, was back on her soap box last week, so it’s time to cast our minds back to an interview she did with Yale 360 in 2011. This was published in the Guardian: ? ? Katharine Hayhoe is…

*CNN*: *Trump, Putin to hold bilateral meeting* (CNN)President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will sit down for an official bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg on Friday rather than an informal pull-aside meeting. The meeting, confirmed by both the White House and the Kremlin on Tuesday, will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders and the first official bilateral meeting between a US and Russian president in nearly two years. The meeting comes amid ongoing tensions between the two countries stemming from Russia's effo...more »

CA-49 is a district that includes the northern part of San Diego County and the southern part of Orange County. It stretches from the UC San Diego campus, through Del Mar, Solana Beach, Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside and Camp Pendleton and up through San Clemente to Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano and Ladera Ranch. It's a traditionally Republican district, although Obama narrowly beat McCain 50-49%. Romney won it 4 years after, 52-46% and last year the voters were repulsed by Trump and gave Hillary the win, 50.7% to 43.2%. Over a quarter of the residents are Hisp...more »

North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017 ....and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017 This of course inspired some criticisms of its own from Twitter users. "Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?" is the rhetorical question Americans ask each morning. About you, Mr. Presiden...more »

Omar Khadr will be free to remain on bail after the federal government dropped a court appeal started under the Conservatives that sought to have Khadr's bail rescinded. (Terry Reith/CBC) *The Guardian*:* Canada to pay $10.5m to youngest Guantanamo inmate, convicted of killing US soldier* Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to killing army Sgt Christopher Speer when he was 15, an admission he says was made under duress in Guantanamo The Canadian government is going to apologise and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a US soldier in Afghanistan wh...more »

This post is about bees since they are also victims of science abuse by environmental activists, aided and abetted by the media. The full story is told by Jon Entine at Slate Do Neonics Hurt Bees? Researchers and the Media Say Yes. The Data Do Not. A new, landmark study provides plenty of useful information. If […]

*“Long Thinking, Deep Thoughts, Profound Questions”* by Bronte Baxter "Have you ever wondered why some people are brilliant, capable of making new connections in thought that are regarded as genius by others? And why most people are followers, in awe of brilliance, but not original thinkers themselves? Is it really that some are gifted with that much extra intelligence, or is it a difference in the way we use our intelligence? Creative thinkers, leaders in the realm of ideas, are those who know how to think long thoughts, to sustain a mental question long enough to reach the end of...more »

Iraqi government is not coordinating their media releases. Ninewa Media Center (bottom) shows much more of the Old City in west Mosul to be cleared compared to the War Media Cell (top) Golden Division evacuating civilians from Old City west Mosul (The National) There were more advances in the Old City in west Mosul by the Iraqi forces (ISF). The Golden Division seized Ras al-Koorin the center of the district, the Federal Police tookBab al-Sarai, and was advancing on Khalid Ibn al-Waleed and Nujafi, while the Rapid Reaction Division reachedKhalid Bin al-Waleed Street. Katunya was...more »

*Harry J. Kazianis* *Security, Asia* Washington does have options to rein in dictator Kim. North Korea has once again challenged the international community, test firing what Pyongyang is claiming is an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, capable of hitting the U.S. homeland with an atomic payload. Maybe. What isn’t in dispute is that the Trump administration is in quite the bind when it comes to how to deal with the so-called “hermit kingdom”. We do know one thing for certain—we won’t see B-2 bombers launching a decapitation strike on Kim Jong-un anytime soon or a Gulf...more »

You may have concluded that Chris Christie, who was already America's most unpopular governor, is surely going to driven from public life after his most recent act of arrogance -- luxuriating on a state-run beach after allowing beaches and parks to be closed to the public for most of the Fourth of July weekend. But a *Washington Post* article by the usually reliable Robert Costa reminds us that the press is always willing to put in a kind word for Christie, and that Republicans relitigate the reputations of their own until the bitter end. Start with Costa's headline: *Chris Christi...more »

Just as I was working on a table showing all the reports connected with my case Delta 15 218, my Open Office programme crashed… In fact, my computer has frozen up. The only thing still functioning is this blog… Anyway, this is a copy of the confirmation of receipt of my appeal to the verdict of […]

The summit meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin in advance of the G20 meeting in Hamburg is the latest expression of the Chinese-Russian alliance which is reshaping the modern world. The post Understanding the Chinese-Russian alliance appeared first on The Duran.

The United States has no leg to stand on when it comes to regime change. If there was ever a real humanitarian case for regime change in the 21st century, the regime in question is that which sits in Kiev. The post 4 ways Russia could and should bring about regime change in Kiev appeared first on The Duran.

*BBC:* *Raqqa: IS 'capital' wall breached by US-backed Syrian forces* US-backed Syrian forces have breached the wall at Raqqa's Old City as they try to retake the city from so-called Islamic State, the US military says. It says the coalition had helped the advance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) by firing on two sections of the historic Rafiqa Wall. The SDF, supported by US-led coalition air strikes, has spent months encircling the city. IS seized Raqqa in 2014, proclaiming it the capital of a "caliphate". The city has been an important hub for the jihadist group's operation...more »

Courtesy of The Guardian: *John Oliver took a look at the Sinclair group on Sunday night, examining the conservative-leaning station’s ownership of many local news networks. * *“Our main story tonight concerns the potential problems in corporate consolidation of local news,” Oliver began. “National cable news gets a lot of attention with their big budgets and their fancy graphics packages. Meanwhile, local news often has to do a lot more with a lot less.” * *He went on to show clips of broadcaster Mark Hyman railing against “political correctness and multiculturalism”. * *“Hyman i...more »

A message to Naomi Klein about her recent garbage for the progressive mind "No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need." Casting the mass criminal actions of the USA Industrial-military-security-finance-congressional-lobby-media complex as exacerbated by Trump serves the said complex. "Putting forward a credible alternate plan" is a (self-serving)

*TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2017Right on today's front page:* The Washington Post has discovered a "Trump before Trump!" The major newspaper uses the term right on this morning's front page. On page A1 of our hard-copy Post, the following headline appears atop this news report: *'Trump before Trump': Beach photos sink Christie's image* Snore! The report concerns the latest "distraction news" involving New Jersey's Chris Christie. In the pointless Post report, Michael Steele is quoted saying that the blustery governor was actually "Trump before Trump." In fact, many, many other people were ...more »

According to all the hydrology textbooks there exist three types of river that can be defined according to the topology of their channels: straight meandering and braided: That sounds very clear and simple enough, But it all started going pear … Continue reading →

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem sails in waters east of the Korean peninsula on March 22. US Navy / Reuters *Straits Times*: *US destroyer's presence puts it in hot water with China: China Daily* *In its editorial on July 4, the paper condemns the US supposed intrusion into Chinese waters.* BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Foreign Ministry has called the trespassing of a US missile destroyer in China's territorial waters a "serious political and military provocation", and the Ministry of National Defence said the move has seriously undermi...more »

Not only is the dolphin vibrant leaping through the waves, but it almost seems fluorescent when it's underwater. And swimming alongside its grey-toned friend, it really stands out. This video was shot by Kate Cummings at the Monterey Bay, California. Ms Cummings said: 'Albinos animals in the wild are incredibly rare, as far as we know this is the only albino Risso's dolphin in the Eastern Pacific. 'Seeing the dolphin felt incredibly special because it's such a rare sighting. 'This breed can be identified by the unique pigment and scarring they collect – they get scars from each...more »

Benefit compilations are a longstanding medium through which artists support social movements, so it makes sense that in 2017 we have seen a lot of them. One of my favorites has been Battle Hymns, compiled by members of band Quasi, an urgent collection of explicitly political songwriting. Battle Hymns is The post Protest Song Of The Week: ‘We Won’t Go Back’ By Quasi appeared first on Shadowproof.

[image: undefined] I actually forced myself to watch the documentary *The White Helmets*, which is available on Netflix. It is 40 minutes long, is of high quality cinematographically speaking, and tells a very convincing tale that was promoted as “the story of real-life heroes and impossible hope.” It is overall a very impressive piece of propaganda, so much so that it has won numerous awards including the Oscar for Best Documentary Short this year and the White Helmets themselves were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. More to the point, however, is the undeniable fact that the d...more »

*eat, drink, and be merry (but don't blow off any fingers, please)* Take time to say a prayer for our country, our founding fathers, and our president. While our past president (name withheld on purpose) tells us being patriotic is wrong, our current president, Donald J. Trump, is proud of our country and is not ashamed to declare it to the world. I'm sipping coffee from my Trump cup, planning on pulling some democratic weeds, trimming some Republican trees, eating bacon, and hunkering down when temp heads up into the 90's. *Have a wonderful day!*

From Jenna Orkin New Report Warns Nuclear War Is Inevitable Unless Cooler Heads Prevail Unsustainable: 43 Million Tonnes Of Wind Turbine Blade Waste By 2050 Study: Increase in air pollution cuts victims' life expectancy by 9-11 years Exclusive: Seymour Hersh Dishes on New Exposé Upending the Official Story About Trump and Syrian Chemical Attacks Portland Republicans to use militia for security as far-right rallies continue Gatwick Airport was shut down for 14 minutes because someone flew their drone too close Google DeepMind's first deal with the NHS was illegal, UK data regulat...more »

Published on Jul 3, 2017 Leo Zagami joins Alex Jones live via Skype from Italy and gives breaking intelligence on the global pedophile network and how it has reared its ugly face through the Roman Catholic Vatican. end

A Cornell food researcher who has pledged to re-analyze his papers following heavy criticism of his work has issued a major correction to a 2005 paper. The correction tweaks two tables, a figure, and the description of the methodology — and notes in two instances the correct findings are unknown, since the original data are unavailable. […] The post “The correct values are impossible to establish:” Embattled nutrition researcher adds long fix to 2005 paper appeared first on Retraction Watch.

This and that for your Tuesday reading. - Ben Tarnoff discusses the growing number of basic public services which are being converted into private rents as profit motives are given precedence over democracy: A profit-driven system doesn’t mean we get more for our money – it means someone gets to make more money off of us. The healthcare industry posts record profits and rewards its chief executives with the highest salaries in the country. It takes a peculiar frame of mind to see this arrangement as anything resembling efficient. Attacking public services on the grounds of efficien...more »

The Carnegie Hall concert and symposium celebrating the work of Sylvia Olden Lee at the end of last week, and the upcoming Food for Peace conference at the end of this week, are the two LaRouche movement "bookends" providing conceptual leadership and programmatic direction, to what is shaping up as one of the most dramatic weeks of international diplomacy in recent history. First, there is the July 4 summit meeting in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with expected results that have led both sides to characterize the meeting as "the ...more »

By Paul Homewood Junk scientist, Katharine Hayhoe, was back on her soap box last week, so it’s time to cast our minds back to an interview she did with Yale 360 in 2011. This was published in the Guardian: Katharine Hayhoe is an associate professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas Tech University […]

By Paul Homewood It’s raining so hard even the ducks are complaining! So a quick post on a couple of articles in yesterday’s Business Telegraph: First is from Liam Halligan: Eonomists at big, powerful institutions generally think alike. From HM Treasury to the Bank of England, consensus views dominate. Whether it’s the Organisation for Economic […]

It comes as history making deals were signed between multiple representatives of the Russian and Chinese business and government sectors. The post HISTORY IN THE MAKING: RT offers its content free to China as multiple large deals are signed appeared first on The Duran.

*This is not a gratuitous bikini shot. This is a culturally significant shot of bathing apparatus and surfing apparel technologies. * I thought I'd headline today's post with the really imporntant news, yet another news report on a mailbox, with bonus pic of girl in bikini. Now I have to move on to trivia like the legislative battle over the infrastructure bill. No bikinis in that one, sadly, so I've provided one at the top of the post. The battle continues over the infrastructure bill, as the Taipei Times reported today. The infrastructure bill stalled as the DPP agreed to have t...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – Footage has been released of fighters belonging to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) – the dominant militant faction within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance structure – engaging ISIS terrorists at the village of Ratlah. Yesterday it was reported that a number of key villages on the southern bank […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Credible evidence indicates that Britain’s Special Air Service troops executed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan, a report has revealed. In a report published on Sunday, London The Times daily reported that, Members of Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) are alleged to have covered up evidence that they killed unarmed Afghan civilians in cold blood and falsified […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) – Almost one week after sealing the section of highway between Rusafa and Ethriyah and completely encircling the ISIS bastion at Khanasser, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has almost completed the operation to clear all of southeast Aleppo Governonate from the Islamic State. Yesterday, the SAA officially liberated another string of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2: 30 P.M.) – A senior ISIS official was killed in an airstrike conducted by the coalition Air Force near the eastern Syrian city of Mayadeen, pro-rebel sources reported. According to the sources, Abu Fatima al-Albani, a senior jihadist in charge of the organization’s Services Bureau in Al-Ashara area, was killed as a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:33 P.M.) – The most senior commander of the elite Desert Hawks Brigade, General Mohammad Jaber, has been spotted near the front-lines in eastern Hama where his formation has just recently commenced a huge offensive to expel ISIS forces from this region. General Jaber not only serves as the top operational commander of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – One of the most well-trained and equipped formations of the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) 5th Assault Corps has recently been battling it out with ISIS forces north of the road that links the Furqlus junction to the T-4 Airbase. Recently, images were released of the elite ISIS Hunters, a sub-formation […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Monday morning, NPR and Marist released a new poll that looked into some questions beyond just Señor Trumpanzee's cascading disapproval numbers. For example, 61% of voters don't trust the Trumpanzee Regime, 68% don't trust the Republican-led Congress and a full 70% say that since Trumoanzee somehow managed to get into the White House, "the overall tone and level of civility in Washington between Republicans and Democrats has gotten worse." Now you know. A new week begins! Let's look at two responses to the Regime's and Congress' determination-- some believe suicidal determination-...more »

[image: eu-refugee-tsunami-3-0-globalist-summit-calls-for-more-migration] Europe’s refugee/migrant crisis is back with a vengeance. And the ruling class elites are pushing for a United Nations Global Compact on Migration that would spell the end of Europe — and national sovereignty worldwide.

*The campus war on Jews* David Horowitz According to a recent study conducted by the "Brand Israel Group," support for Israel among Jewish college students has dropped 27% in the last 6 years. This mirrors a smaller but still significant drop in support among Americans generally, from 76% to 62%. According to Fern Oppenheim, the founder of the Brand Israel Group that conducted the survey, the source of this drop is the perceived lack of shared values between college students and the Jewish state. The same study found that 1 in 3 Jewish students reported anti-Semitic incidents...more »

*Patrick M. Cronin* *Security, Asia* Forget ICBMs. This could be the real danger. The hopeful news is that leading officials in Seoul and Washington understand the stakes and the need to work together to preserve deterrence in the face of emerging threats. Secretary of Defense James Mattis recently stated that using force to settle the North Korea problem by would be “tragic on an unbelievable scale.” And President Moon Jae-in’s new national security advisor, Chung Eui-yong, has emphasized that “there is ample room for the U.S. and South Korea to calibrate and plan their joint e...more »

*There's no such thing as a happy Greenie* *Give them an inch and they take a mile* Catholic Church is going green, but not fast enough for some. The Archdiocese of Boston’s headquarters — a brick building in a desert of parking lots and busy roads in Braintree — is about to become a green energy oasis. Before the end of the year, a canopy of solar panels is set to be installed over the asphalt parking lot, with the capacity to generate a megawatt of electricity. That’s enough to offset 900 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually — approximately the amount that 37,500 trees abs...more »

A theory is a very precise thing in science - yet some scientists can't resist using the term to lend intellectual weight to what may be a hypothesis and is likely just reasonable speculation. It's a large part of the reason why the term has become colloquialized, and 'wellness' is equivalent to gravity in the minds of some. Physical science is not immune. String Theory put theory in the name, so it gets to skate on the edges of truth, but theoretical physicists are trying to recapture the Golden Age of the 1930s, plus write a bestselling book. Astrophysics should know better. Yet m...more »

*McClathcy News:* *How close is Russian cyber firm to Russia’s spies?* WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies have turned up the heat in recent days on Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity giant long suspected of ties to Russia’s spying apparatus. Now, official Kremlin documents reviewed by McClatchy could further inflame the debate about whether the company’s relationship with Russian intelligence is more than rumor. The documents are certifications issued to the company by the Russian Security Service, the spy agency known as the FSB. Unlike the stamped approvals the ...more »

While the horrors of the First World War are well-known, a new trove of pictures lifts the lid on another side of the conflict - the life of luxury enjoyed by some including British prisoners kept in German POW camps. Here, and officer is pictured in his room which includes a quilted bed, writing desk, and wardrobe to keep his things tidied away *Daily Mail:* *When being captured was a Great Escape! Photographs reveal how World War One prisoners enjoyed a life of luxury in German POW camp compared to life in the trenches* * Lieutenant Charles Mayo, from London, was captured after b...more »

The American Constitution allows uncivil speech. It does not allow lying. But, these days, it's not just ordinary American citizens who are lying. It's their president. Lawrence Douglas writes: What happens when the source of uncivil speech is not some fringe hate group, but the occupant of the Oval Office? And what happens when the lies target the very organs designed to ferret them out? We have never faced such questions before in our history. Which explains why, on the 241st anniversary of our independence, American democracy finds itself in peril. We have grown accustomed to ...more »

Remembering the way things used to be. Courtesy of CBS News: *The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week, sources tell CBS News. * *All three employees were holdovers from the Obama administration. The departures from the division -- one of four subdivisions within the OSTP -- highlight the different commitment to scientific research under Presidents Obama and Trump. * *Under Mr. Obama, the science division was staffed with nine employees who led the charge ...more »

*South China Morning Post*: *What China has to fear from US drones in Trump's Afghan search* *As the Trump administration gears up for a renewed campaign in Afghanistan, US military actions are spilling over the border to the Pakistani province of Balochistan – home to a centrepiece of Beijing’s Belt and Road project* China finds itself in the eye of a brewing diplomatic storm between the United States and Pakistan over Afghanistan that threatens its multibillion-dollar Belt and Road investments. Tensions between the US and Pakistan, its major non-Nato ally, have risen in recent...more »

*"1812 Overture by Jack Everly and the National Symphony - July 4th 2014"* "The 1812 Overture performed by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jack Everly with the U.S. Army Presidential Salute Battery and the Choral Arts Society of Washington at the Nations Capitol Fourth of July concert 2014." - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MGTK-MHSSg

MORE SOON Well, the President of the Areios Pagos Vasilik Thanou is now directly implicated in the latest attempt to try to pervert the course of justice in such a way as to set me up for a lethal penalty. I sent an email to her (see below) on June 14 2017 informing her I […]

*Link* *The only ones who were really pleased with the talks that White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and US envoy Jason Greenblatt held in Jerusalem and Ramallah were the envoys themselves. * *The Israeli side was satisfied that a good part of the agenda in these talks was actually determined by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu* and that the US envoys initiated only a small part of the topics discussed. A senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official present during part of the talks told Al-Monitor that Netanyahu is a master at formulating agendas for such negotiations, pushin...more »

Many see it as a tribute to a man widely regarded as having saved Syria from annihilation. The post President Barshar al-Assad’s image appears on Syrian currency for first time appeared first on The Duran.

[image: william-jennings-bryan-he-really-tried-to-keep-us-out-of-war] Popular myth says that President Woodrow Wilson kept America out of WWI as long as possible, when in fact he continually sided with the Allies, against the advice of Bryan.

*Link* *Just a reminder that there are many extremists among the followers of Judaism. * *A Jewish extremist *has been found guilty of setting fire to a landmark Roman Catholic Church in Israel. In 2015, Nazareth District Court accused *22 year old Yinon Reuveni of setting ablaze the The Church of the Multiplication, a church at Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee.* He was found guilty on Monday. *The church is known as the place where Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes, also known as the Feeding of the 5,000.* According to the BBC, the fire caused a lot of damage to a ...more »

By Kim Rossi* I grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. Arthur Fiedler was the conductor of the world famous Boston Pops from 1930 - 1980. Fifty years! Their July 4th celebration at the Esplanade on the Charles River is iconic even...

By John Stone This article was originally written by John for HealthChoice.org in 2014. It's more relevant than ever. I have always been drawn to United States history so I hope it will not be taken amiss if I offer...

I am not typically somebody who gets all caught up in over the top patriotism on days like this. But this year is different from times past. This year I really feel that my country is under siege and that it is the duty of every citizen to stand up against the tyranny which is spreading like a cancer throughout the land. We are under attack. Perhaps not physically, though I fear that will come, but intellectually, emotionally, and, dare I say, spiritually. I don't mean the kind of spirituality that they talk about in church, I mean the kind of spirituality that makes you feel con...more »

North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile and Trump launches a Tweet. The post North Korea claims first successful launch of ICBM–Trump mocks Kim Jong-Un on Twitter appeared first on The Duran.

As we celebrate and commemorate American Independence, it's important to reflect on the proper role of government. I heard what was supposed to be an inspirational tribute to America last Saturday (July 1 - but many were celebrating Independence Day early). It discussed freedom of speech, freedom of the press and then included things that were never included in any founding document such as freedom from want and the right to dignity. Freedom from want is what the communists promise but never get around to delivering (unless you're an elite crony or a government apparatchik who is n...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 A.M.) – The Islamic State (ISIL) has had a rough 24 hours in the Deir Ezzor Governorate, as Russian jets hunt down their forces near the provincial capital. Russian jets flying from eastern Homs made their way to the Deir Ezzor Governorate on Monday and Tuesday to carry out several devastating airstrikes […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(IRNA) Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Abbas Araqchi, said that Iran has cautioned US over arbitrary actions in Syria. Speaking to reporters, he said that the US should avoid acting arbitrarily against the international rules and regulations in Syria. Araqchi condemned arbitrary actions by the US, adding that Iran continues its consultations with […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 A.M.) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the USS George H.W. Bush docked outside Haifa Port on Monday, after it became the first US aircraft carrier to drop its anchor in Israeli waters in 17 years earlier in the week. Upon landing by helicopter, Netanyahu was greeted by US Commander Thomas Dickinson, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8: 45 A.M.) – Two of the Kurdish YPG fighters who were caught on camera torturing ISIS militants in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa will subject to trial, a Kurdish official said. “A few days ago, footage was circulated on social media about two HPX fighters’ bad behavior; torturing a mercenary during […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside Hezbollah and Hashd Al-Sha’abi (Iraqi paramilitary), will not let up their assault in the southeastern part of Homs until the US-backed rebels are fully expelled, a military source in Damascus told Al-Masdar News on Monday evening. “We have every right to take Al-Tanf from […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(IRNA) Intense clashes broke out between border guards and armed insurgents in the northwestern city of Piranshahr in the Azarbaijan province, Monday. These clashes resulted in the death of one Iranian soldier, the Ministry of Defense reported later in the day. According to provincial Law Enforcement information center, the clashes between Piranshahr Border guards and […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

(TASS) The Syrian government has serious doubts about the impartiality of a report by the Fact-Finding Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the alleged use of sarin in Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun on April 4, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told reporters. The diplomat said “despite the offer of the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Tetragraviton wrote a nice text about the idea that "everything is connected because of quantum mechanics or string theory etc.", titled The Way You Think Everything Is Connected Isn’t the Way Everything Is Connected, and I completely agree with him. Science in general, physics, and modern physics in particular is often being "summarized" by the laymen – and especially religious people or people with a good heart – by the slogan that physicists have found evidence that "everything is connected" or "everyone is connected". So the message is that all of us should think as one soul or ...more »

Who would have guessed this? It promises to eliminate this disease as a threat. One presumes just sweetening one's tea will be sufficient to eliminate the effects of Lyme disease. It is very good news for victims and unless one needs injections it is easy and safe to use. It is also now readily available as a sweetener. . *Stevia Kills Lyme Disease Pathogen Better Than Antibiotics, Study Confirms * * D B June 11, 2017 * * https://www.healthspiritbody.com/lyme-disease-treatment/?ftt * * With summer upon us the risk of encountering ticks, the pesky critters responsible for...more »

Again we have reports conforming to the Giant Sloth. These are actually pretty tame but the firing of their weapons made the first one back off from what was a nasty incident. Now that more reports have gone up, folks who have had an encounter have somewhere to go. We have gone from truly rare in the record to common. I suspect we passed fifty ourselves and are likely closing in on a hundred. More than enough data and better yet perdicted characteristics have now been fully confirmed. all good. *Stalked by Unknown Beasts* *Wednesday, May 31, 2017* *http://www.phantomsandmo...more »

We finally found a Viking settlement on the Hudson. It even confirms cultural evidence of a massacre. We know that cultural reports support an extensive colonization of Vikings along the North East coast from 1000 AD through 1600 AD which happens to be two centuries longer that known European settlement. They had plenty of time to establish themselves. Vinland itself was actually Vancouver Island then readily accessible by sea from Greenland. 10,000 Greenlanders abandoned their settlement and moved onto the continent through Hudson Bay and surely into the North East as well....more »

This is a widows lament, but it still holds serious theology. The spirit form is clearly understood and accepted. My developed understanding of spiritualism generally is now rather complete. It is not seriously reflected in the Hebrew bible and poorly dealt with in other traditions as well. At best we seem to have an emphasis on practice and that is it. Yet this material reflects my understanding rather well. The surprise of the Kolbrin Bible is that it exactly reflects my understanding of 13950 BC and provides a theology that surely matches that of the pre-deluge or antedi...more »

*Trump posing with Andrew Horner in a restroom.* Above, we see Donald Trump in a toilet. What links Donald Trump to Cardinal Spellman? *Roy Cohn and Donald Trump* Donald Trump's mentor, Roy Cohn, lusted after blond boys. Roy Cohn's cousin David L. Marcus "has said that he was astonished by the atmosphere of creepy intimacy that seemed to perfume Cohn's attitude toward his acolyte Donald Trump." According to Marcus: "There was a party in the mid-1980s, where Mailer was, and Andy Warhol, when in walked Trump. "Roy dropped everyone else and fussed over him . . . Roy was attracted ...more »

*By David V. Gioe, RCD/National Interest:* *The History of Fake News* It was a clear autumn day in Washington, DC on October 27, 1941, when President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his Navy Day speech to the American people. Halloween was later that week, but Adolf Hitler and his Wehrmacht war machine were scaring the administration. Roosevelt used his address to highlight the threat posed to the Western Hemisphere—America’s hemisphere—per the longstanding Monroe Doctrine. The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was six weeks hence, and Americans were leery of getting involved a...more »

Originally posted on Science Matters: So yesterday President Trump announced that the US will withdraw from the Paris crusade against fossil fuels. Effective immediately his administration will cease implementation of any aspects of the Accord and suspend compliance with any of its regulations or obligations. His speech did not take issue with the scientific claims…

Stephen Hawking celebrated his seventy fifth birthday on the 2nd July. We can all be delighted that he lived so long, and continues in robust health, after he was diagnosed to survive only three years. May he continue to *"live long and prosper"* as the fictional Vulcans say in Star Trek (a UK man can expect to live another 12 years if he reaches his 75th birthday, other things being equal). He's a brilliant physicist, everyone agrees, noted for his work in General Relativity and related areas. However he has never done any research in climate change AFAIK. read more

Lifted from the latest Open Thread: And here's a transcript of that 7pm bulletin which demonstrates the contrast in treatment between the two news stories: A 19 year old who plotted to bomb an Elton John concert in London last year has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 and a half years. Haroon Syed was caught by undercover officers as he attempted to get hold of weapons and explosives on the internet. A man from Sunderland has been jailed for 15 months after admitting pulling a niqab off a woman's face and racially abusing her. Newcastle Crown Court heard that ...more »

'The Election Integrity Project (EIP), a California-based volunteer organization that aims to increase transparency in the voting process, has slammed a decision by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to refuse to cooperate with President Donald Trump's Commission on Election Integrity in its efforts to investigate claims of voter fraud.' Something to hide? More here http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/07/03/election-watchdog-group-slams-california-hiding-data/ but not on the BBC.

*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* The media and Congress fared even worse than the White House in a new Marist/NPR poll – and opinion polls themselves have a trust deficit of their own *Daily Mail: **Six in 10 Americans say they don't trust the Trump administration but Congress and the media have even worse numbers – and hardly ANYONE trusts opinion polls* * Marist/NPR poll found 61 per cent of U.S. adults don't trust the Trump administration * That number was 68 per cent for Congress and the media, however, giving the president a leg up * Americans trust the U.S. intelligence communit...more »

I spent a few days in Olomouc, the historical and religious center of Moravia, with a goal of giving a talk about the continuum and discontinuum at a summer philosophy school in the nearby Oakwood Upon Morava ("Dub nad Moravou"). If this blog were like Asymptotia.com, you would be offered some 284 blog posts with pictures of that area, the churches of Olomouc, the impressive pilgrimage Holy Hill ("Svatý kopeček") with the huge basilica where John Paul II gave a mass and led a pop music concert some 20 years ago, with a house where a famous Czech poet Jiří Wolker has lived. (I like...more »

Italy ON BRINK: Now THIRD Italian Bank Demands Cash Injection as It Sinks in Bad Loans by TOM PARFITT & MONIKA PALLENBERG, http://www.express.co.uk/ ONE of Italy’s biggest banks held crisis talks today after it was told to raise money as the country’s financial troubles deepen. – The European Central Bank has urged Banca Carige, which is based […]

UK Has ‘Abandoned Europe’ Macron Calls on ‘New Generation’ to Rise Up for ALL-POWERFUL EU by LAURA MOWAT, http://www.express.co.uk/ FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has accused Britain of “abandoning and neglecting Europe” as he unveiled plans for his five-year term at a ceremony in the Palace of Versailles. – During his 90-minute speech, where he proposed an overhaul […]

Published on Jul 3, 2017 Paris Swade for Liberty Writers reports, Jeff Bridges played president in the “Contender” a political flick that was just released 20 years after Bill Clinton’s scandals in the White House. Bridges is not a Trump fan. Let’s get that out of the way. He doesn’t have to be. It’s his […]

Gaza: Israel’s Experiment on Humans in Situations of Extreme Stress and Deprivation by Gideon Levy, Middle East Eye, via http://www.globalresearch.ca/ One experiment: What happens to two million human beings when they are deprived of electricity nearly all the time, day and night? – One of the biggest experiments involving human subjects ever conducted anywhere is taking place right […]

Published on Jul 3, 2017 A new study of journalists reveals some interesting findings about their abilities. And with the fake news epidemic in mainstream media, this isn’t really surprising. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. end

Published on Jun 29, 2017 Ten times CNN spread Fake News. I know there’s a bit of repetition from my Top 20 CNN Fails vid, but I wanted to make a shorter list that specifically focuses on fake news. end

Published on Jul 3, 2017 By saying that the Assad government is preparing a chemical attack, the US might be looking for a pretext to escalate against the Syrian army, analysts Alaa Ibrahim told RT, adding that while there have been allegations, no credible proof has emerged. end

Published on Jul 3, 2017 Alex Jones delves into the latest reports that Pope Francis’ right hand man Cardinal George Pell raped children. Further prying open the Pandora’s Box on an age old Global Pedophile Network that child rape victims claim includes Royalty, Politicians, Actors, and scores of government employees. end

Published on Jul 3, 2017 Alex Jones breaks down the complete hypocrisy of the mainstream media pushing for the assassination of Donald Trump but start crying when Donald Trump tweets out a funny video about them. end

Published on Jul 2, 2017 I’m not here to debate whether or not vaccines are good or bad for you. That’s a personal decision that each of us need to come to our own educated and well researched conclusions on… but when the vaccine is causing more paralysis than the virus itself, you have to […]

Chinese ambassador Liu Jieyi addresses the United Nations Security Council on North Korea at the United Nations Headquarters in New York March 2, 2016. Credit: Brendan McDermid/Reuters *The Guardian*:* Tensions with North Korea could get 'out of control', China tells UN* China’s ambassador ambassador Liu Jieyi warned of disaster if world powers cannot find a way to de-escalate hostilities with the isolated nation China’s ambassador to the United Nations has warned of “disastrous” consequences if world powers fail to find a way to ease tensions with North Korea which he said could ...more »

North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017 ....and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 4, 2017 *New York Times:* *Trump Warns China He Is Willing to Pressure North Korea on His Own* WASHINGTON — President Trump, frustrated by China’s unwillingness to lean on North Korea, has told the Chinese leader ...more »

People watch a TV broadcast of a news report on North Korea's ballistic missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji *Reuters:* *North Korea test-fires ballistic missile ahead of G20 summit* North Korea test-launched a ballistic missile from its western region into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, ahead of a summit of leaders from the Group of 20 nations in Germany later this week. The missile flew for about 40 minutes and landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the Japanese government said,...more »

*If this is the vision of the Democratic Party going forward, we might as well start a new party today* Hillary's worst performing states-- the half dozen where she didn't manage to get even 30% of the vote-- were all states that Bernie won in the primaries. They are 6 red states where desperate voters looking for a way out of their situations looked at Hillary and Bernie and said "Bernie!" and then looked at Hillary and Trumpanzee and said "Trumpanzee!" They wanted change and, in the general election, the Democratic Party was offering them the status quo. The GOP was offering them ...more »

During my junior year in high school, my assistant principal pulled me aside and told me something I didn’t quite understand at the time: “Will, you can have a college experience, or you can have an HBCU experience.”

Homelessness among community colleges is on the rise, according to a new report released by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a think tank that produces research aimed at improving equitable outcomes in postsecondary education.

Julia I. Lopez was already retired for three years from her position as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2008 when she received a call from a head hunter who wondered if she might have any interest in serving as the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump before talks at the G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017. Guido Bergmann/Courtesy of Bundesregierung/Handout via REUTERS *Reuters:* *U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program* In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States. Four years ago, the joint program of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), referr...more »

Andre Rieu & Orchestra, “Stars and Stripes Forever” "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by American composer John Phillip Sousa performed by Andre Rieu & Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm88Y-ocTyA

British Professor Stephen Hawking wrote a letter to President Trump criticising America’s pull out from the Paris Climate Change Agreement, arguing that this could be the “tipping point” which wipes out humanity and turns our planet into a living hell. … Continue reading →

A static display of intercontinental ballistic missiles at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., front gate the evening of April 4, 2012. From left are the Peacekeeper, the Minuteman III and the Minuteman I. The planet Venus is visible in the sky above the Minuteman missiles and Jupiter is visible to the left of the Minuteman I. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez) *WNU Editor:* When the Pentagon does not want us to know something .... especially on this .... *AP Exclusive: US nuclear inspection results now concealed* (AP) .... you have to wonder what they are so worried about.

*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, * Why future conflicts could be full of “light.” On June 26 an Apache helicopter successfully tested a high-energy laser pod on targets at the White Sands testing range in New Mexico—the first laser weapon ever employed by a helicopter. As much as laser-armed helicopters might seem like they belong in a *Command & Conquer* video game, in reality they are joining a wide variety of ground-, air- and sea-based laser platforms—many of which may be entering service in the coming decades and a few of which are already operational. In fact, a new era of la...more »

*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Asia* Could this work? Japan has a Self-Defense Force rather than a traditional military, because since World War II its constitution has forbidden engaging in warfare abroad. Nonetheless, the island nation finds itself menaced by North Korea, in part due to the presence of American military bases—a threat Pyongyang underscored way back in 1998 when it shot a Taepodong-1 missile testbed across Japanese airspace. There have been many more North Korean missile tests since—one just today. While Pyongyang is still working on an intercontinental ballisti...more »

*Colin P. Clarke, Chad C. Serena* *Security, * [image: A couple (L) and a jogger pass by the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before sunrise in Washington, September 24, 2013. The nation's capital is enjoying mild temperatures during the first week of autumn.] The first line of defense against a terrorist attack is oftentimes a vigilant and aware population. As Fourth of July celebrations take place across the United States, they inadvertently will provide terrorists with potential so-called “soft targets .” Soft targets are more vulnerable to terrorism because they have lower l...more »

Originally posted on Science Matters: ? Update May 25 below. We should all know what Alfred E. Neuman knows, namely: Where does all that CO2 come from? Here is the answer from engineer Ronald Voisin. Excerpts below are from An Engineer’s Take On Major Climate Change Figure 3 outlines the primary sources of natural CO2 release…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From the AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY and the “no ice ages here” department. Fossil beetles suggest that LA climate has been relatively stable for 50,000 years New radiocarbon dating of La Brea Tar Pits beetles indicates that Southern California’s Paleoclimate was very similar to today Research based…

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? h/t HotScot & Coeur de Lion ? For those who have not seen it, here is Matt Ridley’s piece in the Spectator last week: ? The Global Wind Energy Council recently released its latest report, excitedly boasting that ‘the proliferation of…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens are inventing elaborate fantasies of shadowy right wing conspiracies to explain President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Treaty – but still refuse to consider the possibility they are wrong about global warming. Trump’s Paris exit: climate science denial industry has just had…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Paleoclimatologists Rock -Two million years of radical climate change is significant. David C. Greene writes: “The smoking gun of the ice ages” is the title of an article in the Dec. 9, 2016 issue of Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The…

Originally posted on sunshine hours: Diesel fumes have been proven for the first time to cause coughing and shortness of breath. British scientists now have physical evidence that car fumes cause nerves in the lungs to misfire. It was known that people with asthma, taken to traffic-heavy Oxford Street in London, for example, are worse…

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? Climate fraudsters would not be able to get away with their scam without the active support of the media. Almost everyday there is some apocalyptic piece about the melting Arctic. If journalists bothered to check the facts, their headlines would…

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? From the New Scientist: ? By Fred Pearce It looks like greenwash.? European nations publicly keen to boost their climate credentials by switching to “green” biomass are accused of working behind the scenes to expunge their carbon emissions from burning…

Originally posted on polarbearscience: Last week biologist Andrew Derocher recently implied via twitter that less sea ice in the eastern portion of the Southern Beaufort (SB) this year at mid-May is harmful to polar bears (calling it “a hole in the ice where polar bears used to live“), but both long-term and short-term data don’t…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From the “settled science” department: UNLV Geoscience Ph.D. student Jonathan Baker has found evidence that shows nearly continuous warming from the end of the last Ice Age to the present in the Ural Mountains in central Russia. The research, which was published today in top geoscience journal Nature…

Back in 2015 Sarma Melngailis, a vegan restaurant owner (I’ve been to and loved her place- so did everyone else), and her estranged husband Anthony Strangis duped investors then ran off with the money, stiffing 84 employees at her businesses Pure Food & Wine in Chelsea and One Lucky Duck juice bar in Gramercy by

We talk about vaccine safety (and the lack thereof) because we care about you and your loved ones and want you to be educated. And we assume that those of you who both do and don’t vaccinate, love your children. That’s never been at issue. However, there are still some people who believe the science

*DW:** Greece fires at Turkish freighter in Aegean, Ankara protests* Greece's coast guard has fired "warning shots" at a Turkish freight ship near Rhodes island, prompting a protest from Ankara. Greek police say they acted on an anonymous call that it was "transporting drugs." Turkey's foreign ministry condemned Greece on Monday over the shooting that left no one injured - but 16 bullet holes in the freighter's hull, according to its captain. The vessel, the M/V ACT, had left the southern Turkish port of Iskenderun, near the Syrian border, and was heading west to the Gulf of Izmit...more »

Dr Jim Willie: Jackass’ Red Glare Upon The Petrodollar by http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/ For your holiday listening pleasure, Jim Willie returns for a comprehensive discussion of the petrodollar and how current events around the Arabian Peninsula are a sign of great distress for this monetary scheme. – Again, what is the “petrodollar”. The idea was championed by Henry […]

*"Paying Attention to Red Flags: Warning Signs"* by Madisyn Taylor, The DailyOM "Red flags often come in the form of feelings urging us to pause for a moment, listen to our intuition, and reconsider. Just as the universe wants to provide for our needs, it also seeks to protect us from dangerous situations, destructive relationships, and even minor inconveniences. Frequently in our lives, perhaps everyday, we encounter psychic red flags warning us of potential problems or accidents. We may not always recognize the signs. However, more often than not, we may choose to ignore our intu...more »

X22 Report, “All The Economic Collapse Pieces Are Falling Into Place” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW6MyxD-hjc *Related followup report:* X22 Report, “The Fate Of The World Does Not Lie In The Hands Of The Elite” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4DQzseRyzY

“Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago in the nearby galaxy M33, a large cloud of gas spawned dense internal knots which gravitationally collapsed to form stars. NGC 604 was so large, however, it could form enough stars to make a globular cluster. *Click image for larger size.* Many young stars from this cloud are visible in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope, along with what is left of the initial gas cloud. Some stars were so massive they have already evolved and exploded in a supernova. The brightest stars that are left emit light s...more »

"We said together, wistfully, 'Life, eh?' It says everything without having to say anything: that we all experience moments of joyful or painful reflection, sometimes alone, sometimes sharing laughs and tears with others; that we all know and appreciate that however wonderful and precious life is, it can equally be a terribly confusing and mysterious beast. 'Life, eh?" - Miranda Hart

*"The Alternative to Thinking All the Time" * by David Cain "One evening last week, I was sitting on my front stoop waiting for a friend to come over. I brought a book out with me, but instead of reading I just sat there and let my senses take in the scene. I didn’t look or listen for anything in particular, I just let the details of this particular moment in the neighborhood come to me: the quality of the air - heavy and warm, the incoming summer storm kind; birds; two couples having a conversation down the sidewalk; the clinking of dishes coming from inside the house to my right;...more »

Yesterday we embedded the TV ad the shady Trump-Pence SuperPAC, America First Policies, ran to slam Nevada Republican Dean Heller for standing up for Nevadans getting healthcare through the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and refusing to vote for TrumpCare. Trump wants revenge and Pence wants to send a signal to other Republicans that there's a political price to pay for putting constituents ahead of party-- *even* for a weak and vulnerable incumbent in a swing state that went for Hillary over Trump 539,260 (47.92%) to 512,058 (45.50%). The targets of that ad were as much ...more »

So is there like a back way in that I can use? A servant's entrance or perhaps doggie door? So yesterday this article showed up in The Sunday Times: *Ministers are on the alert for a flying visit to Britain by Donald Trump this month. * *Senior government officials say they expect the American president to make an unscheduled stop at his Aberdeenshire golf course as part of his trip to Europe to attend France’s Bastille Day celebrations on July 14. * *Theresa May’s team are on standby for Trump to visit Downing Street as well. It is understood that any visit would be confirmed o...more »

*Japan Times/JiJi: **Chinese naval surveillance ship enters Japanese waters near Hokkaido* A Chinese naval surveillance ship entered Japanese territorial waters southwest of Hokkaido on Sunday, the Defense Ministry said. The ship was sailing eastward in the Tsugaru Strait between the prefectures of Hokkaido and Aomori when it entered Japanese waters southwest off the island of Kojima at around 10:40 a.m. (1:40 a.m. GMT). The ship left the waters at around 12:10 p.m. and went across the strait to the Pacific. *Read more* .... *WNU Editor:* I had to do a double take on where exactl...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:00 A.M.) – Tank crews stood face-to-face in the Syrian Desert on Monday as ISIS tried to establish a new defensive line northeast of the newly liberated T3 Pumping Station in eastern Homs. While Islamic State commanders are doing everything in their power to uphold the siege of Deir Ezzor city, at least […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:30 A.M.) – In its latest propaganda video, the Islamic State promoted an Australian volunteer nicknamed Abu Yousef who seemingly joined the caliphate to become a part-time doctor, part-time militant. The Australian convert was shown in front of badly injured children whom had suffered lethal injuries due to an ongoing US-led coalition bombing […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

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